The Battle of Appomattox Station K159 Virginia historical marker is on the north side of the former railroad station in Appomattox, Virginia, which now serves as the Appomattox Visitors Information Center. It is a short distance away on the same side of the building from the Battle of Appomattox Station wayside marker.
The marker is on the north side of the Visitor Information Center on Main Street
From the marker:
K159
Battle of Appomattox
Station — 1865
Near this building stood the station
of the South Side Railroad where, on
April 8, 1865, three trains unloading
supplies for the Army of Northern
Virginia were captured by units of
Sheridan’s Union cavalry under Gen. Geo.
Custer. Significant for its relationship
to the surrender by Gen. Robert
E. Lee at Appomattox Court House, this
action also marked the last strategic
use of rail by Confederate forces.
Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission 1974
Location
The marker is on the north side of the Appomattox Visitors Information Center, which is in the restored train station at the corner of Main and Church Streets.